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Relationship dossier

Australia Cook Islands

Relationship assessment

A cooperative partnership centered on development assistance and bilateral engagement

Australia toward Cook Islands

+40

Australia provides development assistance to the Cook Islands and has engaged the Cook Islands government through a bilateral development partnership.

Cook Islands toward Australia

+35

The Cook Islands government participates in bilateral development cooperation with Australia, including through a development partnership.

Overall relationship

+40

The relationship is shaped by bilateral development cooperation and Australia’s assistance to the Cook Islands. These arrangements support a constructive partnership, although the breadth of cooperation beyond development is less clear.

How to read these scores

Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.

−100
Extreme sustained hostility
−50
Substantially adversarial
0
Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
+50
Substantially cooperative
+100
Exceptionally close sustained partnership

“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.

Relationship context

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Australia and the Cook Islands maintain a cooperative relationship involving development assistance and a bilateral development partnership. The Cook Islands is self-governing in free association with New Zealand and conducts its own foreign relations. The partnership is constructive, though the scope and implementation of cooperation across other areas are unclear.

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